Newsletter

SUNDAY 6^th August 2023 

TRANSFIGURATION, YEAR A

Readings: Daniel 7:9-10m 13-14 Psalm 96 2 Peter 1:16-19, Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9

 

Sat   5^th Aug     17.30         Confessions

   18.00               Tom O’Hara RIP (Newton)

 

Sun  6^th Aug     TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD        

                         08.30              Sheila Jones RIP (Burt)

   10.30              Carol Winter RIP (Lyons)

 

Mon 7^th Aug    12.00              Funeral Mass for Marie Sullivan RIP

 

Tues 8^th Aug             NO SERVICE TODAY

 

Wed 9^th Aug      09.15        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                          10.00         St Teresa Benedicta       Private Intention (Sullivan)    

 

Thurs 10^th Aug   08.00        St Lawrence          Priest’s Intention

 

Fri      11^th Aug   09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

     10.00         St Clare         Fr Michael Edem C.M. (Cannon)

 

Sat    12^th Aug   17.30       Confessions

    18.00             Bernadette Willoughby RIP (Wood)

 

Sun  13^th Aug   THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY 

    08.30             Philip Gillespie (Anon)

                         10.30             Christiana Anim RIP (Asaam)

 

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed live and can be viewed via the link:

Recordings are available. The Sunday sermon is also on the website in printed form.

 

FINANCES       

Many thanks for your offertory collection last week            Incl. S.O.s            £919.63

 

                            

Direct Bank Payments to RCAS  Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

Please put your name and if you use envelopes, your envelope number, as the code.

Card Payment Machine – located in the porch, is easy to use.  

Gift Aid Please join the GIFT AID scheme – Forms are at the back of the Church. For every £1.00 donated the Parish receives 25p from the Tax Office. Standing Orders are best for us. Thank you.

 

OUR PARISH HALL

Our hall is available for hire. Please email bexley@rcaos.org.uk at ANY time for enquiries and our hall secretary will get back to you. 

 

Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after the 10.30 mass

 

Newsletter: Please copy notices to Fr Doug by the previous Wednesday 

Dear Parishioners,

This Wednesday we celebrate the Feast of St Teresa Benedicta; Who?? We know her better as Edith Stein, one amazing woman!  She was born into a Jewish family. She had a distinguished career as a philosopher, despite being impeded because she was a woman.

After reading about Saint Teresa of Ávila she became a Catholic and was baptized on 1 January 1922. She taught at a Dominican school and also studied Catholic philosophy. She became a lecturer once more but was thrown out of her post in 1933 as a result of the Nazi régime’s anti-Semitic legislation. She entered a Carmelite monastery in Cologne and took the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Her order moved her to the Netherlands to keep her safe from the growing Nazi threat. On 20 July 1942 the Dutch Bishops had a statement read in all churches condemning Nazi racism. In retaliation the authorities ordered the arrest of all Jewish converts to Christianity. Teresa Benedicta was taken to Auschwitz and killed on 9 August 1942.

You can’t keep such a good woman down and she is honoured as a saint high up in heaven. 

                             God Bless,                 Fr Doug

FAITH AWARDS

Bexley Interfaith Forum and L. B. Bexley invite submissions of any project that has a positive impact on residents of the borough, for a FAITH AWARD. The presentation evening will be in the Civic Offices on Wed 15^th Nov at 7 p.m. Submissions to bexleyinterfaith@gmail.com by 1^st Oct. 

 

MARIE SULLIVAN RIP

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Marie. Her funeral will be on Monday

 

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

Sept. 23^rd, 3pm, at St George’s Cathedral If you are celebrating your 1^st/10^th/25^th/40^th/50^th/60^th + wedding anniversary this year, please let Fr Doug know providing the following details:  your names, your home address, the anniversary you are celebrating. You will then receive an invitation from the Archbishop for you to renew your vows during Mass. 

 

ALL CATECHISTS

There will be a day for all catechists of Bexley Deanery on Saturday 16^th September to be held at St. Stephen’s, Welling.  The day will offer reflection, support and training. Details to follow.

 

QUIET DAYS AT SANCTUARY (in Swanley Village BR8 7UX) “Heaven for everyone!”

Saturday August 19^th 11am – 3pm. Come away for a time for space, prayer and reflection led by Trudy Kilcullen and Fr Doug Bull, members of the Diocesan Spirituality Commission. This day offers space to reflect on Mary’s invitation to sainthood for each of us!  Bring a packed lunch. 

Please book by email tkilcullen@live.co.uk or 07977978536 – thank you. 

FIRST FRIDAYS – The garden is open and free for you to recollect and rest between 10am and 4pm on the first Friday of the month – wander in, find a place to sit, bring your prayer book and take your own personal space for reflection.

 

CAFOD: VOLUNTEER SPEAKERS

If you can spare one or two weekends a year to visit parishes in your area to speak at Mass about CAFOD’s work please get in touch.  Contact Celeste and Sarah at southwark@cafod.org.uk.

 

“PROMOTING RACIAL AND CULTURAL INCLUSION” 

A Seminar at the Amigo Hall, St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark, from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm on Saturday, 28^th October 2023.  For registration, please use this link.

https://www.rcsouthwark,co,uk/mission/commission-for-promoting-racial-and-cultural-inclusion/what-we-do/.   Or write to us: racialjusticecommission@rcaos.org.uk

 

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

We can be contacted by leaving a message with the Parish Office, a note through the Presbytery Door or using the Parish email address as above.